Hungarian refugee family fuels Elyria art spotlight
Aniko Vargha, 17, born in Hungary after fleeing 1956 uprisings, earns acclaim in Cleveland area for portraiture and career prospects. Her mother, a part time St John College student, and father, a former lawyer turned mechanic, support Aniko’s rising art path with shows at Notre Dame College and praise from instructors at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
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Elyria
Zoltan Vargha
West Ninth St
Elyna
Snorok
Hun
Gary
Cleveland
Cleveland Institute of Art
Joseph Jankowski
Notre Dame
Cleveland Institute
Amko
Nancy Bunch Sheridan
Institute
Jankowski
University of Alabama
Cleveland Museum of Art
Akron Institute
St Mary’s College
Cleveland Art Assn
Air Force College
Birmingham
Ala
St Mary Church
McKeesport
Sheridan
Catholic High
Sister Giovanni
St. John's
Mary Louie
Anika
Agnes
Kent State University
Vargha
Hungary
Medina
Recreation center closed after multiethnic gang clash
A juvenile gang fight near Washington Towers led Sanford Freeman to shut the recreation center for the night. A boy sustained a six stitch facial cut, while police reported clashes involving white, Black and Puerto Rican youths. Freeman set Monday membership only admission and limited access to Elyria residents to curb trouble.
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Washington Towers
Sanford Freeman
Rec Center
Lodi St
Freeman
Elyria
Lorain
Griswold residents push plan to take over Huffman water line
About 70 Griswold Road residents met at the Elyria Township Fire Station to discuss creating a Griswold Rd and 49th St east and west of Rt 57 sewer and water district. They want construction of new water lines and to end use of Huffman’s private line. Attorney John Gallagher attended, as did county officials who outlined costs and procedures for forming the district. The group may appeal to the Public Utilities Commission after the PUC ruled Huffman was not a public utility.
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St John
Anika
Grswold Rd
Albert Huffman
Elyna Township
Huffman
Lorain County
Eugene Roberts
Paul J Mikus
Ecutor
Ray A. Muzilla
Griswold Rd
49Th St
Rt. 57
50Th St
John Koepp
John Gallagher
LeRoy F. Kelly
Koepp
Public Utilities Commission
Elyria Board of Education
West River Rd
Utilities Commission
PUC
Atty
James C. Davis
Fire report spurs firemen to respond at station No 1
A late night call had Stanley Wynieski report a fire in a car at the No 1 station area. Firemen found a small blaze in the rear seat of a car but it had been extinguished before they arrived. Another alert at Coachman Motor Lodge near Lorain and Warden found no fire after noon. The trenching dig near a transformer pole caused a connection to pull from a building.
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No 1
Stanley Wynieski
Wynieski
New Coachman Motor Lodge
Lorain Blvd
Warden Ave
Chairmen Named for 7th Labor Day Mass Plans
Lorain Deanery Holy Name Society outlines committee chairs for the seventh annual Labor Day Mass at St Vincent de Paul Church. Donald Kirkbride to serve a second term as general chairman. Auxiliary Bishop Whealon and Msgr. Carney return as celebrant and speaker.
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Lorain
Holy Name ‘Society
St Vincent de ‘Paul Church
Donald Kirkbride
Elyria St Mary Church
St. Vincent de Paul Church
John F. Whealon
City officials clash over courthouse sidewalk materials
Elyria commissioners received a letter from Safety Service Director Joseph C. Cowden criticizing the blacktopped courthouse sidewalks as a violation of a city ordinance requiring concrete. They declined to replace existing sidewalks and suggested evaluating Ely Park paths instead.
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City of
Elyria
Six Arrested After Cleveland Street Bar Brawl In Elyria
Police arrested six men after a disorderly street fight outside Hazel's Restaurant on Cleveland Street at 3:25 a m. Officers recovered a knife and weapons including lug wrenches and a shovel. Victims and suspects ranged from Lorain County towns, and the group dispersed without racial motive noted by police.
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Elyria
Cleveland St
Lorain County
Garland ex mayor of South Amherst dies at 73
Henry Garland longtime South Amherst resident and former mayor died today at his home after an eight month illness. He served 14 years as mayor and six years on the village council including four as president. He helped start the fire department and acquire the first fire truck. He retired from Cleveland Quarries in 1962 after earlier working there since 1905. He leaves two daughters a son six grandchildren and a brother. Funeral arrangements are pending with calling after 7 p.m.
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South Amherst
Henry Garland
Elm St
Cleveland Quarnes Co
Stonington
Robert J.garland
Parma
Alex Garland
Elyria
Martha
Charles
Garland Funeral Home
Cleveland man fined for assault
A Cleveland man Ernest Jones age 38 from 1592 East 87th Street was fined 150 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in county jail by Elyria Municipal Court for two counts of assault after a shoplifting incident at F W Woolworth Ridgeview Shopping Center North Ridgeville. Jones fled into a corn field pursued by deputies and neighbors before being captured.
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Ernest Jones
East
87Th St
Cleveland
F. W. Woolworth Co
Ridgeview
Jones
Raymond Shaw
North Ridgeville
Tom Richards
Richards
Elyria
Frank M. Wilcox
Supreme Court gets church case
A notice of appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court will follow the Ninth District Court of Appeals journal entry Upheld a Lorain Common Pleas injunction barring Rev George Burdikoff from the St Peter and St Paul Russian Orthodox church The case hinges on whether the Lorain church is under Moscow authority or an American Russian Church branch with its head in New York Burdikoff contends Moscow control The congregation disputes his claim and says he has no right to the pastorate Attorney John Vintilla said the Supreme Court appeal will be filed after the appellate journal entry
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Ohio Supreme Court
George Burdikoff
St. Peter and St. Paul
Lorain
Supreme Court
Ninth District Court of Appeals
Common Pleas
W. W. Badger
Millersburg
Ohio
Burdikoff
Moscow
Rabid Cat bite links third 1962 county case
Blake Carrington of 1906 Oberlin Rd Carlisle I Township was treated for rabies after a stray cat bit his thumb. County health officials confirmed the cat was rabid and said this is the third rabies case in Lorain County in 1962, with two previous cases in Sheffield and Camden Townships involving skunks in April.
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Oberlin
Blake Carrington
Oberlin Rd
Carlisle
Lorrain County
Sheffield
Camden
Vermilion Woman Injured After Crossing Road
Vermilion police report a 30 year old woman, Patty Stiltner, was struck by a westbound car driven by Ronald Belmont after exiting a stalled vehicle. She suffered a double compound fracture and internal injuries and was hospitalized in Lorain. Belmont was not held. vehicle damage estimated at $75.
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Vermilion-On-The-Lake
Vermilion
Belmont
St Joseph Hospital
Lorain
Floyd Vachman
RD 1
Elyrian Arrest After Disturbance At Edison Court
Deputies charged Robert D. Crawford of 7171 Woodland Ave Elyria with intoxication after a disturbance at 142 Edison Ct. A complaint from his former wife said he threatened her and a friend during the incident.
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Edison Ct
Robert D. Crawford
Woodland Ave
Elyria
Crawford
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Wellington St. Patrick Church
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Accolytes
Albert Brown
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Elyria St Mary
Elmer Gilgenbach
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Lorain County Deanery
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Holy Trinity Church
Charles Logue
Rosse
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Harry Snavely
Robert Sampsel
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Durkee Rd
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